What is Mytrustsearch.com?
Though Mytrustsearch.com, as well as many other browser hijackers, may appear on a browser without user’s consent, some people don’t feel distrustful about it and don’t rush to change the search domain back. This partly can be explained with the page’s design that highly resembles Google search page, partly by carelessness of the users who think that such sudden change may bring something new to their browsing experience. That’s exactly the opposite to the real situation, as with mytrustsearch.com come many troubles. One of which is the failure to alter browser settings back – the malware developers involve this feature to make removal of the malware more difficult and assure that a victim will use the page. The malware creators need to lock the search domain, since it serves as the main method of redirection to promoted by mytrustsearch.com pages. Due to the corrupted search algorithm mytrustsearch.com shows the third-party pages camouflaging them as relevant, as a result user will often visit the sources they haven’t intended to. If you have the threat on your computer and want to remove Mytrustsearch.com page from browsers, read the article and follow the stated below instructions.
How Mytrustsearch.com got installed on your computer?
If you are bothered with a question how the malware entered your system, then try to recall what applications you have installed lately. It is quite well-known that browser hijackers utilize setups of unrelated software, which developers agree to include malware for some price. Therefore, if you launch an installation, be alert and select the Advanced settings, as they include all the information you might need. Next find the enumeration of elements on one of the screens and opt out everything that looks malicious.
Symptoms of Mytrustsearch.com infection
- First and the most striking proof of having a browser hijacker is change of the main page. Usually it is a search engine page that is designed so that user would believe in its legitimacy.
- Generally, hijackers cause redirections when user makes a search query on its page or tries to reach a blocked site (usually another search engine or anti-malware sites)
- Another indicator of hijacker infection is appearance of new programs, toolbars and browser extensions that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
- Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for malware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides, hijacker infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Mytrustsearch.com completely. For this you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Mytrustsearch.com files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Mytrustsearch.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Mytrustsearch.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Mytrustsearch.com manual removal
Uninstall Mytrustsearch.com from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Mytrustsearch.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Mytrustsearch.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Mytrustsearch.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Mytrustsearch.com
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Mytrustsearch.com and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Mytrustsearch.com from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Mytrustsearch.com from browsers
Since some of hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Mytrustsearch.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Mytrustsearch.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Mytrustsearch.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Mytrustsearch.com from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Mytrustsearch.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Show advanced settings
- Click the Reset Settings button
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Reset Firefox… button
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
